Principal Investigator:Wesche, Sonia D Licensed Year(s):
2018
201720162015 Summary:
Building on the long-standing research collaboration, the research team will: 1) work with community Research Assistants to conduct a public engagement process in the six Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) communities; 2) identify and prioritize existing and desired community-based initiatives to support food security in terms of country food, market food and locally-produced food, recognizing the...
Principal Investigator:Wesche, Sonia D Licensed Year(s):
2012
Summary:
The over-arching objectives of the project are to draw together multiple sources of information to (1) examine the change in lake area in this eco region, (2) quantify the type and amount of habitat loss or modification; (3) investigate whether recent changes are part of a longer-term cycle and evaluate the causes of this change; (4) document local and traditional knowledge of physical and biologi...
Principal Investigator:Wesche, Sonia D Licensed Year(s):
2007
2006 Summary:
This research aims to examine how traditional knowledge and social capital can be used to improve understandings of change and responses to change through capacity building and planning, in a complex delta environment. Specific objectives include: a) developing a framework of trends and indicators of environmental change, impacts and adaptations based on traditional knowledge, b) examining how exi...